Milstead Doreen Milstead 
Looking Forward to Love 

The Smallest of the Orphans – A destitute woman in New York gives birth to a tiny baby and the orphanage there is unsure of the newborn’s survival. The Widow & Her Baby Meet The Handyman Along The Oregon Trail – A widow tries to provide for her baby along the arduous trek of the Oregon Trail. When a mysterious stranger joins the train, carrying precious little other than his carpentry tools, he tells her that the Lord will provide, if she has faith. The Ripest Tomatoes Are The Best – An overweight woman from Maine decides to become a mail order bride to a farmer in California, because there are no suitors left where she lives. The widower with two children meets her at the train station and she thinks he is shocked by her weight, but he remains mostly silent for a long time. The Texas Rancher Tries One More Time For Love – A woman from Philadelphia decides to take a chance and answer an ad from a man who’s a rancher in Texas.